Tag: Evgeny Svetlanov
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 3 – Symphonies Nos. 3 and 13
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 1 – Symphonies Nos. 1 and 25
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1; Isle of the Dead – Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra
“Svetlanov’s volcanic 1966 recording … heartbreakingly intense yet grippingly coherent conception, brimful of insight and flair … shoots off like a rocket … finale enshrines as adrenalin-fuelled a ride to the abyss as you will ever hear … the pathos of the symphony’s Largo has to be heard to be believed (decibel levels defeated plucky Soviet…
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Rachmaninov: Complete Orchestral Works
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Rimsky Korsakov: Suites & Overtures
“..excellent performances of some captivatingly colourful music. (Russian Easter Festival) splendidly exuberant playing from players who naturally have the stuff of the music in their bones…marvellous gravity and resonance. …(Dubinushka) only a trifle, but quite a rare one. Rimsky-Korsakov heard the song during the 1905 “revolution” – both his liberal instincts and his musical invention…
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Sergei Rachmaninov: The Bells
“always something special about a Russian performance. The slavonic fervour and natural intensity of the singing, both solo and choral, give a gripping added immediacy here to The Bells … an added edge is the inclusion of the stirring cantata called Spring: an immediately attractive piece quite superbly sung by its baritone soloist, Sergei Yakovenko…
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Glinka Overtures & Dances
“An eminently recommendable survey of Glinka’s orchestral output … playing of the USSR Symphony is expert and idiomatic” (Penguin Guide) “firm and lively as one would expect from Svetlanov and a Russian orchestra very much on home ground. The recordings do full justice to Glinka’s beautiful scoring. An enjoyable record, not to by missed by…
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphony Works, Vol. 17 – Alastor, Symphonic Poem, Op. 14; Lyric Concertino In G, Op. 32/3; Sinfonietta In A Minor, Op. 68/2
In partnership with UK-based independent label Olympia, Alto is pleased to present the final volume in the first complete recorded retrospective of Soviet composer Nikolai Myaskovsky’s complete orchestral works, one of the last great recording projects undertaken by Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov prior to his death.
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 16 – Silence Op. 9, Sinfonietta In B Minor Op. 21 No. 2, Divertissement Op. 80
In partnership with UK-based independent label Olympia, Alto is pleased to present the latest volume in the first complete recorded retrospective of Soviet composer Nikolai Myaskovsky’s complete orchestral works, one of the last great recording projects undertaken by Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov prior to his death.
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 15
In partnership with UK-based independent label Olympia, Alto is pleased to present the fifteenth volume in the groundbreaking recorded retrospective of Soviet composer Nikolai Myaskovsky’s complete orchestral works, one of the last great recording projects undertaken by Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov prior to his death.
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Nikolai Myaskovsky Complete Symphonic Works: Volume 14 – Symphony No. 23 & Symphony No. 24
In partnership with UK-based independent label Olympia, Alto is pleased to present the latest volume in the first complete recorded retrospective of Soviet composer Nikolai Myaskovsky’s complete orchestral works, one of the last great recording projects undertaken by Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov prior to his death. This authorized release of these landmark recordings features authoritative…
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 13 – Symphonies Nos. 17 Op. 41 And 21 Op. 51
In partnership with UK-based independent label Olympia, Alto is pleased to present the latest volume in the first complete recorded retrospective of Soviet composer Nikolai Myaskovsky’s complete orchestral works, one of the last great recording projects undertaken by Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov prior to his death.
